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Rift continues along with the return of Summerfest. The event returns to the game as part of a renewed effort to keep up updates and events for the game. The Summerfest update brings back the celebration of flames in Telara.

Gamigo Starts a Rebooted RIFT Battle Pass Season Today With Fiery Cosmetics and a Mount Up for Grabs
Gamigo has launched a rebooted Battle Pass campaign for Rift starting today. The new pass could let you earn some fiery cosmetic pieces or mounts with flame effects.

Fresh off promised updates and events, Rift brings back the Budgie Carnival Event, ushering in spring and the game's 11th anniversary celebration.

After some rumblings and direct statements about Rift getting an update, the team announced today that a new patch is coming this month, and it will be followed by more updates and events.

It seems that MMO publisher Gamigo has been hit with layoffs affecting multiple teams at the publisher, notably the oft-forgotten MMO, RIFT.

Rift has been updated, and the Hellbugs are back. Get rid of them for some useful rewards and help some terrified people.

Mitch tackles RIFT in the latest edition of MMO ReRoll. How does the MMO hold up in the years since its release? Check out his toughts in his latest column.

RIFT players who noted that last week's 10th anniversary went by without much fanfare will be interested to see that the developers are marking the occassion this week with a gift-laden scavenger hunt.

Gamigo has clarified its stance regarding the MMO RIFT after a week of speculation about the MMORPG's future.

Gamigo has a RIFT problem, and right now the way it's publicly handling that problem doesn't seem to be alleviating fan fears about the MMORPG's future.
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It looks like the Gamigo purge from two weeks ago isn't seemingly over, as it's been learned Gamigo has laid off an "unspecified" amount of RIFT developers, though stresses that the MMO is continuing.

The Rift Season 3 Battle Pass is live now. Here's the scoop.

A creative contest is underway in RIFT to kick off Valentines Day celebrations.

The latest Rift patch notes provide some minor fixes for some good old fashion bug squashing.

Fae Yule returns to Rift in the latest patch, along with tweaks to several classes.